Publications by authors named "O Kiviruusu"
Article Synopsis
- Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) among adolescents are rising, prompting this study to explore how lifestyle factors affect their prevalence.
- The research analyzed data from over 130,000 Finnish students aged 14-18, using established questionnaires to identify anxiety symptoms and employing logistic regression models for analysis.
- Results indicated strong links between excessive internet use and reduced sleep with GAD, while SAD was associated with both heavy internet use and insufficient physical activity, highlighting the need for targeted health interventions.
Background: We examined exposure to adulthood traumatic life events (TLEs) and their associations with depression in women and men. Then we examined whether those associations are independent of exposure loading and vulnerability including familial confounding.
Methods: The fourth survey in 2011 of the population-based Finnish Twin Cohort had 8410 participants (45 % men, mean age 60 years).
Background And Objectives: Electronic media (e-media) has become a universal part of young children's daily lives. Previous studies have found an association between increased screen time and children's psychosocial symptoms. We investigated whether parents' psychological distress and parenting style dimensions explain the association between children's screen time and psychosocial symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExcessive internet use among Finnish young people between 2017 and 2021 and the effect of COVID-19.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
December 2024
Purpose: An increase in excessive Internet use (EIU) among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic was suggested in many studies. However, these studies were mostly based on cross-sectional and/or unrepresentative samples.
Methods: Using data from a nationwide Finnish school survey in the years 2017, 2019 and 2021 (N = 450,864; aged 13-20 years), changes in the prevalence of EIU (EIUS, 5-item) were assessed.
Background: High levels of mental health problems among young people were reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, but studies of the post-pandemic period are scarce. We assessed mental health problems among Finnish youth before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic using nationwide population-based samples. Our aim was to examine in which direction the heightened levels of adolescent mental health problems have developed after the pandemic.
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